Bookstore Agreement and Options

2025 Bookstore Agreement and Options

This form includes the Bookstore Consignment Agreement, Payment Preferences, and Blind Date a Book. (Bookstore advertising opportunities are on a separate form.)

Legal Name(Required)

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Author Name

Please enter your author name if you write under a pseudonym.

First Last

Primary Email(Required)

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ACFW BOOKSTORE SELLER AGREEMENT(Required)

By submitting my books and book-related merchandise (both referred to as INVENTORY from this point onward) to be included in the ACFW Bookstore, I agree that I am responsible for all costs related to delivery/pickup, or shipping to/from the University Plaza Hotel, Springfield, MO, for all shipping costs to/from the hotel, packaging to/from the hotel, and any hotel storage charges if my shipment arrives prior to my arrival.

Bookstore Delivery: Wednesday, September 3, 2025 between 10 am-9 pm.

I further agree that it is my responsibility to deliver my inventory to the bookstore in Iowa (name of room) at the hotel Wednesday, September 3, 2025 between 10 am-9 pm. (For anyone arriving later than 9 pm on Wednesday, inventory may be delivered on Thursday as early as 8 am, but there is no guarantee that the staff will be able to display your inventory before the store opens for business on Thursday.)

Bookstore Pickup and Close-out: Sunday, September 7, 2025 between 9 am-11 am.

To expedite your pickup, please bring your inventory sheet and be prepared to sign off on unsold inventory that you are picking up. Please do not attempt to box your inventory yourself, as staff requires certain information and counts and will assist you. Inventory will NOT be available for pickup prior to Sunday morning at 9:00 am. If your departure is prior to that, you MUST notify the staff at cd@acfw.com and ct@acfw.com prior to August 14, 2025.

FINANCIAL AGREEMENT: If I fail to pick up my inventory and/or displays by the designated time, I will forfeit 100% of my sales and any unsold inventory/displays will be donated to hotel staff.

Under the terms of this agreement, I will receive from ACFW 60% of gross sales of my inventory, payment to be made within 30 days of the close of the sale, either by check or via PayPal as designated by me on this form. I acknowledge that sales tax is inclusive in the sales prices I enter for my books, and that ACFW will be responsible for filing and remitting payment for all state/local taxes.

I agree to these terms

Accept the agreed upon terms to continue the bookstore on-boarding process. Thanks!

I agree to register fully for the ACFW Conference. I understand my participation in the ACFW Bookstore requires this.*(Required)

Yes

Consignment Payment Preference(Required)

Select your preference for payment for your inventory sold on consignment at the ACFW Bookstore. Payment will be made within 30 days after the last day of the conference.

PayPal

Check

PayPal Email

Enter your PayPal email address if different to your primary email address. If left blank, and PayPal is selected as your payment preference, your payment will be sent to your primary email.

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Address(Required)

Enter your mailing address.

Street Address Address Line 2 City State ZIP Code

Booksignings(Required)

There will be one large book signing for all authors with books in the bookstore on Saturday, September 6th from 8:30am-11am.

The book signing be open and advertised to the public.

I want to participate in the booksigning

I do NOT want to participate in the booksigning

Blind Date a Book(Required)

Blind Date a Book is a fun and unique aspect of the bookstore that readers love. Authors are able to participate by selecting one of your titles and providing a list of tropes (ex. meet cute, second chance romance, etc) for that title. The bookstore staff will wrap your book in brown paper and include the tropes on the front of the package. The goal is to remove the “don’t judge a book by its cover” idea and help readers find new authors.

I want to participate in Blind Date a Book

I do NOT want to participate in Blind Date a Book

Complete the following for Blind Date a Book

Your Book Title(Required)

Genre(Required)

Trigger Warnings(Required)

(domestic violence, sexual abuse, etc)

Copies(Required)

How many copies of this title do you intend to bring? (One copy of your book will be included on the Blind Date a Book table at a time. Once that copy is sold, the staff will wrap an additional copy from your remaining inventory as time allows.)

Elevator Pitch Synopsis(Required)

no more than 150 words

Tropes of this Title

List several pithy descriptors about your book that will make readers want to buy it sight-unseen. Examples: meet cute; second chance romance; Bonnie & Clyde meet Desi & Lucy; kidnapped groom; villian on the run; 1920s flapper meets prohibitionist, etc.